Muji + Topshop

Given the title alone, I have obviously made my wallet suffer quite a bit today. But I don’t spoil myself often, so alghlskdgldkh.

Last week, I roamed around Muji and happened upon this carpet! I’ve been contemplating getting one for my work area for months, since my floor chair is immensely prone to getting dirty. Part of me was screaming to get it since Muji is currently on sale(!!!). I hesitated that day (because I had initially wanted a bamboo/tatami mat), but I eventually convinced myself to get it, since the price wasn’t that bad for a carpet. Got it at 45% off!

This has been my 5th Muji purchase since forever. Thank you, Muji, for (not really) sponsoring my work area! I keep telling myself that at the rate I’m going, I’ll be able to furnish a tiny studio apartment by next year or something. I have to pace myself. My room is full of stuff.

Besides my lovely new carpet, I ended up spending on my first ever Topshop top (everything I own from Topshop are Batgirl undies I AM NOT ASHAMED), though with partial funding from Kiksy bebeh, thank you love!

I’ve long had a penchant for stripes, black & white clothing, and long sleeved shirts, so this immediately caught my eye when I saw it in Rockwell last November. I’m apparently drawn by “SALE! SALE! WE’RE FOOLING YOU INTO THINKING OUR ITEMS AREN’T THAT EXPENSIVE ANYMORE!” signs, as I have learned today, because I convinced myself this was now worth getting at 50% off. And that I’d never see this again if I decided to pass on it. Plus the fact that I usually don’t really like much of Topshop’s clothes…save for their Batgirl underwear.

The store seemed to catch on to my latter reasoning, though, and showed me clothes in pretty shades of red (which I also adore). Fought the urge to try a dress on, and walked out with just my sweater and my pained wallet.

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Sooooo it looks like I won’t be spending much this February. Need to earn back what I spent today alone.

So today, I came home with a few things.

Kiks, who is the best boyfriend in the world, got me a Darth Vader Ultimate FX Lightsaber as an early (added) Christmas gift! The geek in me could not resist it any longer. IT IS VERY COOL. Thank you, love! I have yet to take awesome pictures with it, so stay tuned, folks!

I also finally up and bought myself something from Etude House! Yay for occasional girliness! I was initially drawn towards the Milk Tea one, but I asked the lady what the difference was between the four different tubes. Apparently the Milk Tea and Peach ones were more for dry skin, while the Lemon and this Green Tea one are more for oily skin. My skin is more oily than dry (hence my less than perfect complexion due to perpetual blemishes and things), so I went for Green Tea!

It smells reeeeaaaally nice! The scent was a lot more subtle than the Lemon one, so this one won. I’ll give it a week before I decide on how this one’s worked for me and if I should trust places like Etude House more.

And then of course, we paid a visit to Saizen, since I needed some storage things. Didn’t want to spend on a whole lot of stuff, so I decided on one box for now. I really love boxes. And pretty much anything used for storage. I tend to be a pretty messy person with a lot of stuff cluttering up my room. I noticed that I’m a lot neater when I buy my own stuff. My work area is a prime example — this is probably the neatest part of my room.

If I could overhaul my room, I would, but it doesn’t help that the shelves, cabinets, and desk are built into it. I actually enjoy looking at furniture and shelves when I go to the mall — I like picking out shelves, sofas, chairs, tables, and a whole bunch of things for my imaginary house. One of my favorite places to browse is actually Muji, which I’m pretty sure I’ve made quite evident. I love all the wood finishes, minimalist designs, and earthy tones they have in most of their products. (I can tell that my future home will be very modern Japanese-inspired. And If I’d be able to afford it by then, a lot of my furniture would come from Muji.)

Going to pay a visit to Saizen again soon to get myself more boxes and things, hee.

new work area has a chair, yeah!

We meet again, MUJI!

I finally went and bought myself that chair to go with my new work desk! I was contemplating between this one and the larger chair, but the price of the latter was a bit painful, so I went with the smaller one. Small chair for a small girl.

Now that I see it next to my table, I think I made the right choice, the larger chair wouldn’t have been proportional to my desk, so it’s all good.

Ah, it feels so good to finally have something to lean on.

new work area, yeah!

Today I made my first “big” purchase! I say big because it’s a piece of furniture, and I don’t normally buy furniture. But I figured that this would be practical and beneficial. So yay, I finally went and bought my table!

This is what I was talking about in this post a couple of months ago. I was supposed to go and buy it already earlier this month, but the shipment hadn’t come in yet for certain reasons so I had one reserved. MUJI contacted me earlier this week to inform me that it had finally arrived! EXCITEMENT ENSUED FOR THE ENTIRE WEEK.

After much cleaning and fixing things in my room with the help of Kiks, the most O.C. boyfriend in the universe, we finally set up my table. (: I have yet to add a nice rug/mat (I was thinking bamboo!)  + the floor chair also from MUJI, but that’s for later on. When I have money again. For now, a simple (and rather appropriate for the work atmosphere LOL) throw pillow will do. I get to practice sitting up properly. Posture = shot.

Added a few other things to reduce the WORKWORKWORK feel, like my artificial plant hahaha. Kiks donated a cute little clock that I do believe looks perfect for my work area, and put my Tracy’s Casino die that I got from Las Vegas, hahaha.

Over on the other corner, just for balance, I put my UP FA best thesis trophy thing (which actually just looks like a vase LOL) with my honors medal + pin in it. I guess I thought it could be a constant self-reminder for me to put my heart and soul into the work I do. NAKS.

Hurray! I am a happy, giddy little monkey.

i’m a sucker for nice furniture

So yesterday, I went to Rockwell with some of my cousins and found out that they had Muji there, too. I’ve never been to Muji because it’s in Bonifacio High Street and therefore very far away, and I don’t frequent Taguig as much as most people. Anyway, we paid Muji a visit and looked around. It’s a bit confusing as to how things are priced, at least for me. Some items were a bit overpriced (again, in my opinion) while other things were okay.

I was roaming around looking at the variety of things they had until I stumbled upon the area where they had furniture. Everything had that minimalist look that I love, that I felt like I wanted to move out of my house and into the store. I’m a sucker for nice furniture, especially pieces made from wood and sanded down to excellent quality. Absolute HEAVEN right there.

I was looking at the desks and one in particular caught my eye. It’s the perfect size, I loved the color and texture, and I was (and still am!) seriously considering buying it. The foldable table I have in my room is actually for when you sit and have TV dinner, which my laptop takes up 80% of with no room left for anything else like my tablet. The one I saw at Muji, however, had ample space for my 15” MBP and tablet, with room to spare. I’m rearranging my room in my head (because doing it for real proves to be quite tricky) for ways to incorporate this beautiful new piece of wood.

I now feel like I’m getting older - I used to just look at furniture in stores and squee over pieces that I like. I never even looked at or asked for the price of, let alone bought anything. Now that I’m actually thinking about buying a piece of furniture for myself (which I have every intention of taking with me to my future home), I’m TOTALLY feeling the Oh-God-I’m-out-of-college feeling.

SHOULD I OR SHOULDN’T I?